"Russ MacDonald" wrote in message
news:CAyRd.2617$QQ3.2368@trnddc02...

If it's low ATC will ask if we think we can get in visually, and if we say
yes, they issue the visual approach. There is no weather reporting there,
and they have never once asked if the field had 1000/3.


1000/3 is not applicable to fields without weather reporting.



It sounds to me like the FAA heard about a solution and they tried to
write rules to define it.


How so?



In actual practice it's not that complicated. There is no radar at most
of these uncontrolled fields, and there are lots of commercial operations,
and the last thing that ATC wants is for us to fly a full approach if
there is any way to avoid it. That just stacks up the holding patterns,
and it takes forever to unwind.


Multiple IFR arrivals to uncontrolled fields can also stack up the holding
pattern. If successive aircraft cannot see preceding aircraft visual
separation cannot be used and everyone has to wait for the preceding
aircraft to cancel IFR.